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Most of the Northern population believed that on moral and religious grounds, slavery was an evil institution. The Northern economy was not based on slavery, although the cotton from the South was produced by the labor of slaves.

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Was the union for or against slavery and why?

No they thought slavery was bad that's how the civil war started but in the 1800s there was slavery in the north and south. The Union was anti-slavery.


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IF you did not fight for the North, then you were a traitor and disgrace to your family. Even if you fought for the South, then you were also a traitor.


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